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Slug Queen Salon Art Exhibition
August 12, 2008 - August 22, 2008 |
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Times: Tuesday, 5 p.m.
www.slugqueeneugene.com
Location: New Zone Gallery164 W Broadway; Eugene
Admission: Free
In a city that defines itself as the "World's Greatest City for Art and Outdoors", only the Slug Queen unites these to concepts with humor and panache. This special exhibition takes a close up look at the Eugene Slug Queen and allows us to reflect on her outwardly whimsical nature and deeper meaning as the guardian of Eugene's cherished unique position in U.S. popular culture.
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Eugene Emeralds Baseball Game
August 20, 2008 |
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Times: Wednesday, 7:05 p.m.
www.go-ems.com
Location: Civic Stadium20th & Willamette; Eugene
Phone: (541) 342-5367
Admission: General admission $5.50, Box seats $9, seniors, children 12 & under $1 discount
Eugene Emeralds take on the Vancouver Canadians.
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Go Pink in the Park
August 20, 2008 |
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Times: Wednesday, 6 p.m.
Location: Civic Stadium2077 Willamette Street; Eugene
Phone: (541) 484-7052
Join Oregon Imaging Centers and the Eugene Emeralds for a fun, family event to help raise awareness and funds for breast cancer. At the Komen tent on the stadium concourse, play the Wii home run derby or enter for a chance to win an official pink Ems jersey or the Wii! All proceeds benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation.
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GPS 101
August 20, 2008 |
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Times: Wednesday, 7 p.m.
www.rei.com
Location: REI Eugene306 Lawrence St; Eugene
Phone: (541) 465-1800
Admission: Free for REI members
Are you baffled with your new GPS unit? Join a REI's navigation expert for a comprehensive "101" and learn how to set waypoints, track your journey and use GPS with a map. Bring your handheld GPS unit. Please register in person at Customer Service or call. |
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Lisa Williams- Medium & Clairvoyant
August 20, 2008 |
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Times: Wednesday, 8 p.m.
www.hultcenter.org
Location: Silva Concert HallHult Center; Eugene
Phone: (541) 682-5000
Admission: $75, $45
Williams has an amazing ability to communicate with loved ones and friends whom have passed on to the 'other side.' Lisa has her own hit show "Lisa Williams, Life Among the Dead," on Lifetime TV. She has also appeared on "The Today Show" and "Oprah."
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Sam Hahn & Jesse Meade
August 20, 2008 |
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Times: Wednesday, 9 p.m.
www.jofederigos.com
Location: Jo Federigo's Hour House259 E 5th Ave; Eugene
Phone: (541) 343-8488
Admission: $3 - $5
This duo plays acoustic-folk and country. |
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Walk A Mile in These Shoes - The Stories They Tell
April 11, 2008 - August 24, 2008 |
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Times: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
http://natural-history.uoregon.edu
Location: UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History1680 East 15th Ave.; Eugene
Phone: (541) 346-3024
Admission: $3 individuals, $8 families. MNCH and UO faculty, staff and students, free.
Learn about culture through shoes! Marvel at 10,000 year old sandals, view shoes worn by elite Oregon athletes and coaches and see favorite footwear of local politicians, the rock band KISS, and the hit Broadway musical, Wicked. Explore decades of changing shoe fashions, try on traditional footwear from around the world; and investigate ‘shoe-perstitions.’
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A Gaze of Her Own: Women in Japanese Art
May 8, 2008 - October 12, 2008 |
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Times: Wed. 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Thur. - Sun. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
http://jsma.uoregon.edu
Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art1430 Johnson Lane, University of Oregon Campus; Eugene
Phone: (541) 346-3027
Admission: $5 adults, $3 seniors
As many of the works in this installation illustrate, women have served as important subjects in the visual arts, especially for woodblock print artists. Less commonly, though nonetheless importantly, women also on occasion rose to prominence as artists themselves. Indeed, the multi-talented Otagaki Rengetsu, several of whose ceramics are on view, is one of the best known artists of her generation.
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Faster, Higher, Farther: The Spirit of Track & Field Sports
June 14, 2008 - August 31, 2008 |
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Times: Wed. 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Thur. - Sun. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
http://jsma.uoregon.edu
Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art1430 Johnson Lane, University of Oregon Campus; Eugene
Phone: (541) 346-3027
Admission: $5 adults, $3 seniors
An exhibit of photography by David Burnett, Kenneth Jarecke, Dilip Mehta, and Annie Leibovitz that captures the speed, power, and endurance of Olympic class athletes past and present. The exhibit, prepared by Contact Press Images, New York, features arguably the most famous images of past Olympic games, trials and relays of these extraordinary athletes including Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson.
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Art About Shoes
June 25, 2008 - November 2, 2008 |
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Times: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
http://natural-history.uoregon.edu
Location: UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History1680 East 15th Ave.; Eugene
Phone: (541) 346-3024
Admission: $3 individuals, $8 families. MNCH and UO faculty, staff and students, free.
Get a different perspective on shoes when looking at them through a child’s eyes. Kids get into the act with Art About Shoes - creating artwork and writing stories about the shoes they wear. Twenty-eight pieces of artwork from Cindy Castanette’s 4th grade class at Clear Lake Elementary School (Bethel School District, Eugene Oregon) are featured in this unique exhibit.
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Cottage Grove Grower's Market & Concerts in the Park
June 25, 2008 - August 27, 2008 |
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Times: Wednesday, 4 - 8:00 p.m.
www.cgchamber.com
Location: Coiner ParkBetween 12th & 15th on Main St; Cottage Grove
Phone: (541) 942-2411
The vegetables have arrived! The Cottage Grove Grower's Market features a variety of local produce, art and crafts from our local community with special emphasis on sustainable and/or organic agriculture and natural/healthy products. Entertainment from the Concerts in the Park begins at 6:30 p.m.
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Edward Burtyntsky: The China Series
June 26, 2008 - September 7, 2008 |
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Times: Wed. 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Thur. - Sun. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
http://jsma.uoregon.edu
Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art1430 Johnson Lane, University of Oregon campus; Eugene
Phone: (541) 346-3027
Admission: $5 adults, $3 seniors
A group of twenty photographs by Burtynsky will be presented at the JSMA in an exhibition circulated by the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston Salem, North Carolina. These images document the grand scale of commerce in which China is now investing. Fittingly the brilliant color photographs themselves are of a grand scale, averaging four feet by five feet.
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The Thinking Body
June 26, 2008 - September 7, 2008 |
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Times: Wed. 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Thur. - Sun. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
http://jsma.uoregon.edu
Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art1430 Johnson Lane, University of Oregon Campus; Eugene
Phone: (541) 346-3027
Admission: $5 adults, $3 seniors
The Thinking Body exhibition examines new ways of understanding how we perceive the body. Featuring objects, jewelry, and constructed spaces, The Thinking Body considers familiar forms in innovative and wonderfully surprising ways.
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"Omens and Accidents" works by Sara Ciampa
July 4, 2008 - August 30, 2008 |
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Times: Tuesday - Saturday, noon - 6 p.m.
www.fenariogallery.com
Location: Fenario Gallery881 Willamette St; Eugene
Phone: (541) 393-3333
Admission: Free
"Omens and Accidents" is the first solo exhibition of local artist Sara Ciampa. Her haunting, thought provoking canvases are a study in connectivity.
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Patriotism, Heart & Home: The War Years as Seen from the Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House
July 23, 2008 - November 16, 2008 |
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www.smjhouse.org
Location: Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House303 Willamette St; Eugene
Phone: (541) 484-0808
Admission: $5 adults, $2 kids 12 and under
The current exhibit draws on personal connections, including letters, photographs and mementos from the Spanish-American War through the Korean War. Items will be added over the next few months. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 1 - 4 p.m.
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Artists as Educators: Selected MKAC Faculty
July 25, 2008 - August 22, 2008 |
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Times: Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Saturday, noon - 4 p.m.
www.mkartcenter.org
Location: Maude Kerns Art Center1910 E 15th Ave; Eugene
Phone: (541) 345-1571
Admission: $3 requested donation
This show honors a selected number of the Art Center's faculty, past and present. An exhibit of non-objective work by the Center's namesake, Maude I. Kerns will also be on display. |
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Covered Bridges: Spanning the American Landscape
July 26, 2008 - September 6, 2008 |
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Times: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
www.lanecountyhistoricalsociety.org
Location: Lane County Historical Museum740 W 13th Ave; Eugene
Phone: (541) 682-4242
Admission: Adults $3; seniors $2; members & under 15 free
Traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Learn about the role, construction and preservation of these iconic reminders of the past throughout the nation. Companion exhibit on woodworking tools. |
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MECCA: A Family of Artists
July 30, 2008 - September 26, 2008 |
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www.bringrecycling.org
Location: BRING GalleryPlanet Improvement Center, 4446 Franklin Blvd; Eugene
Phone: (541) 746-3023
Admission: Free
MECCA (Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts): A Family of Artists will feature work by seven local artists. The opening reception is Saturday, August 2 from 2 - 4 p.m. You will find work that elegantly disguises its reuse origins and work that boldly celebrates its rescue from the dump. |
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Folk Costume Exhibit
August 1, 2008 - September 4, 2008 |
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Times: Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday, noon - 4 p.m.
www.springfieldmuseum.com
Location: Springfield Museum590 Main St; Springfield
Phone: (541) 726-2300
Admission: $2 adults, 18 & under free
Ron Wixman, Professor of Cultural and Political Geography at the University of Oregon presents folk costumes from Romania, Macedonia, Croatia and other lands. A special addition to this exhibit will be hand crafted silk embroidery and basket weaving works of art from the private collection of Leonard Tarantola, a well-traveled businessman of Eugene.
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Watercolors by Marsha Brennan & Carolyn M. Gates
August 1, 2008 - October 31, 2008 |
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www.tamarackwellness.com
Location: Tamarack Wellness Center3575 Donald St.; Eugene
Phone: (541) 485-6271
Admission: Free
Showing at the Tamarack Gallery. Monday - Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. - noon.
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Jan Landrum's Watercolors
August 6, 2008 - August 30, 2008 |
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Times: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
www.florenceartists.com
Location: Backstreet Gallery327 Laurel St.; Florence, OR
Phone: (541) 997-8990
Admission: Free
Jan Landrum's watercolors encompass a variety from lovely lighthouses, serene seascapes, gentle florals to vibrant street and garden scenes, as well as portraits and still lifes.
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